I first met Zach in 2004 when I joined the Bing Center as a volunteer. He was managing clinical trials, and immediately became my "go-to" person when I needed help or advice on any technical issue. Zach created the first WM Workshop website, and then taught me how to maintain it. I was able to build on that knowledge to create other websites.

Zach created the initial serum bank database for WM patients. I was able to build off his work to create a database of thousands of samples. When I was working on an automated clinical data collection system for our WM patients, Zach was always there to help me solve some technical issue with an idea that I hadn't thought of. Sometimes (usually at a dinner, or some other "down time"), Zach & I would discuss the nature of the universe. I loved having these discussions with him, mainly because (with his physics background) I always walked away a little bit "smarter" - assuming that I could retain what he had just taught me!

I offer my congratulations to Dr. Zachary Hunter for 20 years of contributions to Dana-Farber, and making the Bing Center a world-class research & treatment center for patients with WM. And I also thank him for being a great human being, colleague, and friend. May the next 20 years lead to even bigger & better success!   -- Phil Brodsky

Photo: Dr. Kyle presenting the Robert A. Kyle Award to Zachary Hunter at the IWWM-9 in Amsterdam, October 6, 2016